20 Worst gimmicks in wrestling history

3: Bastion Booger

A fat man with a diaper (Courtesy WWE)

Mike Shaw had already had his share of bad gimmicks before he showed up in the then WWF wearing an oversized diaper and eating on his way to the ring. A few months earlier Shaw had shown up as Friar Ferguson, ‘the mad monk’, a gimmick that had offended the Catholic Church of New York.

Forced to drop the monk gimmick, WWE gave Shaw the new nickname Bastion Booger, a glutton who wore a diaper and ate on his way to the ring. The gimmick was allegedly a punishment for his burgeoning weight. Booger’s highest point was a win over Owen Hart on an episode of All American Wrestling. He served as a jobber for the rest of his time in the WWF before leaving in 1994.

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2: The Shockmaster

Fred Ottman returns to our list at #2 with his WCW gimmick, The Shockmaster. The Shockmaster’s debut was the worst of all time, and just words wouldn’t do it justice, which is why I’ve included a video, only for The Shockmaster.

Shockmaster debuted on a ‘Flair for the Gold’ segment at Clash of Champions XXIV as the secret tag team partner of Sting and Davey Boy Smith, while The Shockmaster made his entrance he tripped over a piece of the set and fell face first causing his helmet to come off. This was live TV. There was no recovery from this even though WCW continued to bewilderingly push The Shockmaster.